One Man Single Handedly Creates Environmental Disaster | Plainly Difficult

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"Taylor had a cunning ace up his sleeve which allowed him to dodge all of the responsibility. And that was dying in 1977. " - LOL xD

Cost the federal government millions with this one simple trick!

Oh hey, it's my state! ...oh... it's my state...

'Dump all the dodgy chemicals into that hole in the ground.' 'Shouldn't we line it with...' 'I SAID DUMP THE DODGY CHEMICALS INTO THAT HOLE IN THE GROUND.'

I grew up about a block from a very similar Superfund site called the J-Pit. The government protected the company that was paid to remediate it in the same way this site was cleaned up (clay, drainage, etc) but instead threw sand and tarps over everything and then never maintained the pumps. We live on a swamp so the contaminated water surrounded us constantly. Didn't know anyone that didn't die of cancer, multiple miscarriages, female reproductive disorders, and infertility were the norm, and the school was overwhelmed with learning disabled or "asthmatic" kids. Courts wouldn't accept water samples we were bringing ourselves showing that it was indeed still contaminated, and badly, from the primarily vinyl industry dumping that occurred. A couple years ago the community finally was able to pool enough funds for legal representation and the court recognized the conpany's failures. And for 25 years of our suffering, death, and disability? they got a couple thousand dollars in fines. I hate it here.

EPA: "What is going on here?! What did you do?! This is going to have to be cleaned up and I can tell you it ain't going to be cheap. I hope you have your checkbook ready." Mr. Taylor: "Oh yeah, about that..." Dies

You should do a documentary on the Krejci dump site... the superfund site right in the middle of one of Ohio's most scenic parks.

Cleaning of the site will be difficult *PLAINLY DIFFICULT *😂😂😂

The ground can have a little toxic waste, as a treat.

I like how factual your videos are without diminishing the lives affected by it

Literally choked on my water at 'a cunning ace up his sleeve, which allowed him to dodge all responsibility. And that was dying.' Wonderful job.

"I'll show myself out" giggle

A similar story to the Basket Creek superfund site in Douglas Co GA. The site was used as a chemical waste dump by the Young Refining Co (local asphalt plant) for about 20 years. Locals affected by toxic chemicals were threatened by the company's workers, local gov't officals tried to cover things up because politics, the refining co denied responsibility, etc. It was huge mess. The cleanup has been an ongoing mega process since the 1980's and is still closely monitored

Rogue chemical dumping is hell on the communities that remain. I live next to a Superfund site (no idea when we bought the place). It’s next to a river and a lake. Clay caps are neither 100% effective nor a permanent solution. We drink and cook almost exclusively with bottled water; most of the people in my community do. People give me what for, then I tell them… I live by a Superfund site 😅

He..he said the thing, he said the thing! He said his own channel name!

He dies just a few years after beginning to operate his own unregulated toxic waste dump. Gotta wonder if he got cancer or something from handling that nasty stuff. Doubt he used proper PPE when opening up those drums, pouring out their toxic contents and then taking the contaminated drums to sell for scrap. Also wonder if the contaminated scrap caused others harm. Oh well... as I always say, you can't change the past. Just gotta learn from it and do things better.

Potential sights like this exist ALL OVER, not just in the United States. That being said. I know of two sites in the Minneapolis/St. Pul, Minnesota, USA east suburbs that a large multinational chemical producer used to own that were sold for development with the express stipulation that absolutely no housing development would occur on the sites due to this potential liability. This company is a worldwide household name.

The fact that I never heard of superfunds until I was a senior in ChE in college was unsettling back in the day.

That noise I made when you said "burning solvents" frightened the cats.